New Zealand: Radio host stabbed after he supported farm legal guidelines in India

An Indian-origin radio host in Auckland in New Zealand is combating for his life in hospital after he was stabbed a number of occasions on a freeway. The assault is being linked along with his criticism of the continuing protests by farmers of Punjab in India.
According to the experiences, the 53-year-old Harnek Singh was stabbed by unknown assailants on December 23 evening close to his residence in Wattle Downs. The Indian-origin radio host stays in a essential situation in Middlemore Hospital at present.
The pals of Harnek Singh claimed that the assault was religiously motivated. It is the second public assault Singh has suffered this 12 months after he was assaulted in Love Punjab Restaurant on his birthday in July.
Singh’s colleagues at Radio Virsa, the place he hosts a program devoted to the Sikh group, mentioned he was attacked as he was returning dwelling this week from that day’s broadcast.
Harnek Singh discusses spiritual points, spoke about farmers’ protests too
Balwinder Singh, who’s a co-worker of Harnek Singh at Radio Virsa, which discusses spiritual and cultural points within the Auckland Sikh group, mentioned that from the injuries he had it may be mentioned that he was attacked by sharp weapons.
“He’s OK, his condition is stable and he’s at Middlemore. We believe so [he was stabbed]. The motivation behind the attack obviously has to do with what he says on the radio, what opinion on different issues and topics which have been discussed on the radio. Mainly on this radio program, a lot of religious issues have been discussed. So let’s just say a lot of traditional myths that people believe in, and we on the radio try to explain to people to look at it in a practical way other than the mythical point of view that most people have,” Balwinder Singh mentioned.
He continued saying that Harnek Singh’s present would clearly upset somebody who’s religiously fanatic, and somebody who appears on the faith in a legendary standpoint as loads of religions do.
Reportedly, Harnek Singh had just lately spoken in opposition to the farmers protesting in opposition to the three legal guidelines handed by the Indian authorities. Singh was continually talking on his radio and YouTube channel in opposition to the farmers’ protest, which can even have triggered an assault in opposition to him. He had just lately appealed to the protesting farmers to withdraw the politically-motivated protests in Delhi.
In the previous few years, the authorities in NZ had heard eight complaints in opposition to Singh for feedback he had made in Punjabi language to a caller concerning the Sikh sect Damdami Taksaal in response to current violent incidents in India.